Contracts Counsel - Shanghai

Job Summary

Provide sales-related Contract Services to the China, with minimal levels of supervision.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Reviews, drafts and negotiates agreements and transaction documents in compliance with applicable policies and legal and ethical standards, with minimal supervision by more senior Contract Services staff, including in: 

  • Responding, within established guidelines, to customers’ RFP/RFQs, vendor qualification documents, contractual requests and purchase requirements for our vendors; 

  • Drafting and negotiating with customers and/or vendors, appropriate contractual language to reflect the business interests and policies of the parties;

• Takes the Contracts Lead role on

  • Less complex international and multi-BU project contracts;

  • Less complex frame agreements (single WA);

• Takes the Contracts Lead role (including the Global Contracts Lead role on GSAP accounts) on more complex projects and frame agreements as experience develops;

• Interfaces with customers, vendors, members of the legal team and other Emerson stakeholders to bring deals to closure;

• Analyses business, financial, and legal risks;

• Researches information on existing agreements and contractual programs, assisting with analysis and compiling data for reports;

• Provides contract-related guidance to Sales, Project Management, Procurement and other stakeholders;

• Participates in the approval process to assist business owners in making informed decisions and secure appropriate approvals.

Who You Are: 

• You promote high visibility of shared contributions to goals. You quickly and significantly take action in constantly evolving, unexpected situations. You actively seek input from pertinent sources to make timely and well-informed decisions. You handle the risk that comes with moving forward when the outcome is not certain.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• 2-4 years of work experience in a contracts-related role

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field

• Completion of IACCM Contract and Commercial Management (CCM) Training Program to Practitioner Level strongly preferred

• Intermediate MS Office skills

• Excellent oral and written English [and any other language, as required] language skills [insert other languages are an advantage, as required]

• Experienced negotiation skills

• Extensive knowledge of Contract law & principles

• Commercial provisions such as warranty, liquidated damages/penalties, payment & freight terms, documentary credits and bank guarantees/sureties

• Occupational Health and safety acumen